NORFOLK, VA—Jaquissa Bryant, 21, of
Norfolk, Virginia, was sentenced today in Norfolk federal court to 12 years in
prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for attempted kidnapping
and making false statements to law enforcement.
Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney
for the Eastern District of Virginia, made the announcement after Bryant was
sentenced by United States Chief District Judge Rebecca Beach Smith. Bryant
previously pleaded guilty to these charges on January 17, 2012.
According to court documents and
evidence, in April 2011, Bryant was babysitting her friend’s 4-month-old and
attempted to take the infant from Norfolk to Alabama, where she presented the
infant to family as her own biological child. Bryant obstructed the
investigation by informing the Norfolk Police Department and the FBI that the
child she had been babysitting was deceased, and she had placed the body in a
dumpster outside the bus depot in Columbia, South Carolina. After an
unsuccessful search for the body, the child was located alive in Alabama with
Bryant’s family and was returned to the mother unharmed. Further investigation
revealed that Bryant had been making fictitious representations to friends and
family concerning pregnancies and biological children for some time.
This case was investigated by the FBI
and the Norfolk Police Department. Assistant United States Attorney Elizabeth
Yusi prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.
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